May 5–6, 2017 · Appleton, WI · 📍 W3010 Edgewood Trail
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN won Grand Champion at The Masters In May (also Big Green Egg challenge) on May 5, 2017 in APPLETON, WI at W3010 Edgewood Trail, scoring 690.2744 in a field of 56 teams. IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.6572. Category winners: Chicken — LUCKY'S Q (177.7028); Pork Ribs — CRASH TEST SMOKERS (176.0116); Pork — TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI (174.8800); Brisket — PELLET ENVY (178.8572). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2018.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 86% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 9–10: B.S. BARBEQUE and A MOTLEY QUE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: PELLET ENVY and iBQ'n tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2017 ← this one | Appleton, WI | W3010 Edgewood Trail | 56 | 690.2744 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| May 4, 2018 | Appleton, WI | W3010 Edgewood Trail | 54 | 686.2624 | LUCKY'S Q | BIG "E" BBQ |
| May 5, 2018 | Appleton, WI | W3010 Edgewood Trail | 54 | 687.3140 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 270 SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 170.8344 | 169.7028 |
| Pork | 174.8800 | 173.7600 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1428 | 171.4172 |
56 entries · top 690.2744 · median 660.4572
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8286
56 entries · top 176.0116 · median 163.1372
56 entries · top 174.8800 · median 163.9714
56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.9772
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
12 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.4114